Sad-iron.



i J. JOWSKY.

SAD IRON.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 30, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14,1911.

m 5- S E m w 1 TAE JAMES JOWSKY, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SAD-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

Application filed. November 30, 1910. Serial No. 594,875

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J OWSKY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson andState of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSad-Irons, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to laundry and particularly to sad irons.

An object of this invention is to produce a sad iron having a noveldetachably connected handle with means for confining the handle andpreventing movement thereof with respect to the body of the iron, meansbeing also provided for fastening the handle against detachment exceptupon the manipulation of the retaining latch.

A further object of this invention is to produce a sad iron having abody and a detachably connected handle, said detachable handle beingreadily applied to and removed from the body of the iron and the saidhandle being further provided with a tongue to engage a lug of the ironand a latch on the handle for retaining the handle and the parts thereofin assembled relation to the body.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote correspond ing parts in the several views, and inwhich Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of an iron embodying theinvention, the same being partly in section; Fig. 2 illustrates aperspective View of the body of the iron; Fig. 3 illustrates a detailview of the handle partly in section; and Fig. 4 illustrates aperspective view of a portion of the handle.

In these drawings 5 denotes the body of the iron having a marginalshoulder 6 standing from a point near the rear at each side andextending around the front of the said body. The body is furtherprovided with a recess 7 in its top surface extending longitudinallythereof and under the portion 8, forming a seat, the said portion 8being further provided with an aperture 9 for a purpose to be presentlyexplained.

The body is provided with a detachable handle comprising a base 10 whichis adapted to fit against the marginal shoulder 6 of the body and ispreferablyof a thickness equal to the height of said shoulder. The base10 is further provided with an elongated opening 11 in which a latch 12is pivoted through the medium of the pin 13, the said latch beingengaged by a spring 14.- for the purpose of holding it normally inhorizontal position or parallel with the base 10. The latch has a nose15 which extends through the aperture 9 and a knob or handle 16 by whichthe latch is manipulated. The base 10 is further provided with a tongue17 preferably formed integral with the base and extending paralleltherewith a suitable distance therefrom, the said tongue having its endprovided with a cam surface 18 designed to engage the cam surface 19 ofthe body of the iron, the said cam surface 19 serving to draw the baseof the handle closer against the body of the iron prior to the time thenose 15 of the latch is inserted in the aperture 9 of the body. Thetongue 17 is also provided with an aperture 19 forming a seat for thenose 15 of the latch, so that after the tongue has been applied to thebody, the latch is depressed so that its nose extends through theaperture 9 of the body into the seat of the tongue, thereby preventingmovement of the base of the handle longitudinally of the body of theiron so long as the said latch is in its operative position.

The base has the handle 20 thereon which handle is secured to the basein any appropriate manner and here shown as confining one end of thespring 14 which spring lies between the base and the end of the handleand secured thereto by means of a screw 21. The top of the base 10 isprovided with recesses 22 to receive a pin 23 carried by the latch forthe purpose of limiting the clownward movement of the latch.

I claim In a sad iron, a body having a longitudinal recess in its upperside, the end of the said recess having a cam surface and the bodyhaving an aperture extending into the recess, a marginal shoulder on thebody, a handle having a base fitting against the margin-a1 shoulder ofthe body and having a clamped between the handle and the base 10 tonguewith a cam end to engage the cam and havlng 1ts opposlte end 1nengagement surface of the Wall of the recess, the sand W1th the latch.

tongue having an aperture therein adapted In testimony whereof, I afliXmy signature to aline with the aperture of the body, a in the presenceof tWO Witnesses.

latch pivoted to the base and having a nose JAMES JOWVSKY. extendingthrough the aperture of the base Htnesses:

and into the aperture of the tongue, a handle 7 a J. B. Winwnn,

for the base, a spring having one end JOHN M. JOWSKY.

